> The guru shishya mode of teaching worked out when the materials to > learn were scarce and it was politically volatile to have them spread.
By Guru I did not meant that, guru in today's terms is basically an 'expert' in a field. > Now, Linux or, any FOSS structure mandates collaboration and sharing. Agree. > Shouldn't you be looking away from the single "guru" idea ? We are thinking of profiling people. Just the way Linus is a guru, Greg is a guru, Alan, Maddog, Ts'o -- they are all gurus. To have a page on each with their work will, in my understanding, encourage more people. And here we are talking about Indian contributors. > > (I know this is OT, but just wanted to point out the down side of > fixating on gurus rather than working on a larger group of talented > individuals) I am totally with you but at the same time do want to highlight individuals who have contributed to the growth and development of the FLOSS. > You will run into the age old squabble of "how do you arrive at who is > an expert" Ts'o to me is a filesystem expert/ Greg a device driver expert. I thinks let's start. There is no end to things stopping us from trying something. :-) -- <b>Swapnil Bhartiya</b><br> Editor: Muktware.com<br> Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives<br> Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware<br> Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
